Dan Rivoli

Chris Christie makes a firm decision to stay out of the 2012 presidential race after reconsidering his previous decision.

Oct 04, 2011

Actress Scarlett Johanson held a fundraiser Monday for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's 2013 campaign for mayor.

Oct 04, 2011

New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren have been filling a void in progressive politics.

Oct 04, 2011

Mitt Romney latest GOP presidential hopeful to criticize the name of Rick Perry's family ranch, called N----rhead.

Oct 03, 2011

GOP hopeful Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, doubts Christie's appeal among conservative voters.

Oct 03, 2011

Democrats could face a new electoral landscape in 2012 because of new voter laws that tightened rules on voting, like requiring photographic identification or proof of citizenship. These laws proliferated after Republicans made massive gains in statehouses across the country after the 2010 midterm elections.

Oct 03, 2011

Republican appropriators in the House of Representatives released a draft spending bill that blocks funding to Planned Parenthood unless the group certifies that it will stop providing abortions.

Sep 30, 2011

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee reportedly considering a jump into the GOP presidential field while potential bid from Gov. Chris Christie soaks up attention.

Sep 30, 2011

Newt Gingrich's Contract With America gets an update from the 1994 agreement that launched a Republican takeover of Congress.

Sep 30, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protests are nothing new for NYPD.

Sep 29, 2011

Victim of 3 p.m. shooting in critical but stable condition, NBC New York reported.

Sep 29, 2011

John W. Huffman, the scientist who created synthetic marijuana now found in popular herbal incense, supports federal efforts to ban the products.

Sep 29, 2011

The Obama administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of requiring most Americans to buy health insurance. But he also offered them an option to avoid making that decision.

Sep 29, 2011

Democrats seem split on their enthusiasm more than a year before the 2012 elections, with a poll showing that 44 percent are less excited about voting.

Sep 29, 2011

As New York police officers disperse and fence in Occupy Wall Street protesters, a situation that has led to one highly-publicized pepper spraying incident, questions about First Amendment violations have been raised by the supporters of the demonstrators.

Sep 28, 2011

There are a few cases challenging President Barack Obama's health care reform law for the Supreme Court to take up. The consensus seems to be the high court will choose 11th Circuit Court decision.

Sep 28, 2011

Herman Cain on CBS rejects Sarah Palin's flavor of the week remark.

Sep 28, 2011

Ed Koch backs Obama after heavily criticizing president's Israel policy.

Sep 27, 2011

Ron Paul talks about his campaign on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Sep 27, 2011

Mass Gov. Deval Patrick comments on Morgan Freeman's comments about attributing racism to Tea Party's opposition to Obama.

Sep 27, 2011

The Obama administration declined to have an appeals court further review a decision on health care reform, which clears a path for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the measure in June.

Sep 27, 2011

Congress had been at odds over offsets for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief. But FEMA on Monday said that the agency has $114 million for emergency disaster relief, avoiding the need for an infusion of money before the fiscal year ends Friday.

Sep 26, 2011

Before a Senate vote on a stop-gap government funding measure, Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized House Republicans for leaving town without reaching a bipartisan deal to keep government from shutting down and funding FEMA without offsets.

Sep 26, 2011